GERMANY: Luftwaffe Chief of
Staff, Jeschonnek commits suicide after being criticized for the effects of the attacks
two days ago on Schweinfurt and Peenemunde. He leaves a note asking that Göring
should not attend his funeral.

U.S. General Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's Chief of
Staff, and British General Kenneth Strong arrive in Lisbon to continue
discussions with the Italians about surrender negotiations. General Giuseppe
Castellano heads the Italian delegation. Castellano wants an agreement that
would allow Italy to join the Allies and fight the Germans. He's shocked when
the Allies insist on unconditional surrender.

INDIA: Major General Howard C Davidson becomes
Commanding General of the US Tenth Air Force replacing Major General Clayton L Bissell.
The change is a result of a complaint against Bissell by Chinese Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek because Bissell and Major General Claire L Chennault, Commanding General of the
Fourteenth Air Force in China, do not get along.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: US Thirteenth Air Force B-25
Mitchells, operating in pairs and with fighter escort, hit barges at Timbala Bay on Vella
Lavella Island, Kakasa radio station on Gill Island, and a beached vessel in Paraso Bay.
From this date through 28 August, Japanese airplanes attack Allied forces in the Barakoma
area of Vella Lavella Island, losing a considerable number of aircraft (claims total about
50) to Allied fighters and ground fire without doing any great damage to the Allies. On
Baanga Island, US Army ground forces finally capture the Japanese artillery pieces which
have been shelling Munda Airfield on New Georgia Island. (Jack McKillop)

CANADA: The Combined Chiefs of Staff meeting in Ottawa,
Ontario agree that the US will not invade the Japanese Kurile Islands due to the poor
weather in the area and instead, will only bombard the islands by sea and air and monitor
the Japanese via aerial photographic reconnaissance. As a result of this decision, US
troop strength in the Aleutians is reduced to 113,000 by the end of 1943.

U.S.A.: The motion picture "A Lady Takes a
Chance" is released today. This romantic western comedy is directed by
Henry Hathaway and stars John Wayne, Jean Arthur and Phil Silvers. A wide-eyed
city girl pursued by many men (Arthur) boards a bus driven by a zany driver
(Silvers) and meets a handsome rodeo star (Wayne). (Jack McKillop)